Single-player games like Perception
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Perception, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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Infliction
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
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Neverending Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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The Medium
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Perception.
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Out of Sight
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Romancelvania
Single-player alternative to Perception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perception.
Bite into Romancelvania, a darkly comic genre mashup, combining side-scrolling action and tongue-in-cheek romance into one completely absurd and unforgettable adventure.